First Spaceflight of an Educator Astronaut

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First Spaceflight of an Educator
Astronaut Barbara R. Morgan
- B.A. Human Biology, Stanford University -
Teaching Credential, College of Notre Dame,
Belmont, California - First selected by NASA in
1985 as the backup candidate for Teacher in
Space Program, and again in 1998 as the First
Educator Astronaut
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Explore and discover. Learn and teach. Build and
share.
Its what NASA and teachers and parents
do. Barbara Morgan
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First Spaceflight of an Educator Astronaut

• Occurs 21 years after Challenger
• Selected as an astronaut in 1998
• Educator flies as mission specialist
• a trained astronaut
• fully functional crewmember
• Features education activities
• not lessons from space
• Actively supports the education community

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Mission Overview

• Launch date Targeted June 28, 2007
• Duration 14 days
• Crew
• Commander Scott Kelly
• Pilot Charlie Hobaugh
• Mission Specialists
• 1-Tracy Caldwell
• 2-Rick Mastracchio
• 3-Dave Williams (CSA)
• 4-Barbara Morgan
• ISS Crewmembers
• Clay Anderson (up)
• Sunita Williams (down)
• Crew training began in May 2006
• ISS Assembly

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Mission Activities Overview

• Equipment transfers
• Four spacewalks to install the S5 TRUSS
• Robotic operations (ESP-3 External Stowage
  Platform)
• Replacement of the Control Moment Gyroscope-3
  (CMG)
• ISS Crew member handover
• SPACEHAB
• Education

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NASAs Education Programs Initiatives

• Strengthen NASA and Nations future workforce
• Attract and Retain students in STEM disciplines
• Engage Americans in NASAs mission

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STS-118 Education Plan Overview
Vision Engage students, educators, and the
public in the Vision for Space Exploration
through the adventure of STS-118 and the flight
of the first Educator Astronaut.
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Education Plan Pre-Mission Phase

• Identify education activities
• Highlight NASA Opportunities
• Develop Engineering Design Challenge
• Promotion by NASA Centers within their regions
• Awareness opportunities Conferences
  presentations, etc.
• Educator Professional Development
• Primary delivery mechanisms web/multimedia
  technology tools
• Utilize NASAs Digital Learning Network

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Education Plan Mission Phase

• 14 day mission
• On-orbit education activities
• Live interactive education downlinks with the
  crew
• Payload plant growth chambers seeds
• Mission related ground based activities
• Engineering
• Sustaining Life

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Education Plan Post-Mission Phase
Engineering Design Challenge - Students design
and build plant growth chambers - Students
conduct experiments in growth chambers - Fall
2007 Implementation Education Events/Astronaut
Appearances - February 21-23,
2008 International Technology Education
Association (ITEA) Conference Salt Lake City,
Utah Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan scheduled
to deliver the keynote address. - March
27-30, 2008 National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA) Conference Boston,
Massachusetts Keynote address by Educator
Astronaut Barbara Morgan. - April 9-12,
2008 Salt Lake City, Utah National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Conference Educato
r Astronaut Barbara Morgan as a presenter.
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Get Connected to 118

• Local NASA Field Center Education Office
• Local Educator Resource Center
• Local NASA Representative
• NASA Education workshops
• STS-118 Website
• Sign-up for NASA Express mail
• Register for Engineering Design Challenge
• National State conference workshops

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For additional information visit
www.nasa.gov/sts118
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From the Mission Page
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Educational Organizers
For organizations interested in participating in
the STS-118 launch and mission activities please
contact Mike Green NASA Headquarters g.m.green_at_n
asa.gov Ed Pritchard NASA JSC edward.j.pritchard_at_
nasa.gov
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